32 Things That Perfectly Describe The Push And Pull Of Your 20s

Being a 20-something is a strange period in a young person’s life. It’s those strange years right after college... you’re forging a new career (or searching for one), wading through a sea of possibilities, and just trying to figure out your place in this big, scary world.

You’re attempting to become a whiz in the kitchen while simultaneously eating peanut butter straight from the jar.

So much of your shaky existence is at odds with itself and with your expectations. You’re trying to be an adult, but you barely have enough money to support yourself; you want to find “the one,” but you just can’t seem to spend more than one night with any given guy or girl.

It’s a constant push into adulthood and a constant pull of your draining youth and free-spirited nature. It’s the push of responsibility with the pull of the urge to be carefree.

It’s as if you’re on the cusp of something, but just can’t seem to take that one last, little leap to get there.

It’s a constant struggle and it can cause a lot of anxiety and unwanted hair pulling. A lot of the time, you don’t even know why you’re holding yourself back.

Why can’t this be easy? Why can’t you just wake up one morning and feel like a grownup -- wake up and feel sure of yourself?

You say you want stability and to build a future, but your actions far from reflect this supposed desire. You see the side eye from family members when you tell them what you’re up to at family parties, you feel the judgment.

Your parents just want you to get your life together and you don’t even know what together means. There should be a manual for this sh*t!

Your life is full of extremes and it feels like you’re being swallowed by a vortex of impossible possibility. Will you ever grow up? When will you finally take that last step? On your 30th birthday?

You're ready for a mature relationship, but all the boys and girls around you act like children and all the mature men and women are moms and dads.

1. You wish you could focus, but all of your friends got off Adderall after college.

2. You want to drink and go out, but you get too hungover.

3. You want to see all your old friends, but you don't have any free time.

4. You want to be independent, but you have to call your mom every day.